HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2825 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 577
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Brandy Fluker-Reid
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: | Date Added: |
Brandy Fluker-Reid | 12th Suffolk | 1/16/2025 |
Lindsay N. Sabadosa | 1st Hampshire | 2/6/2025 |
Vanna Howard | 17th Middlesex | 2/6/2025 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Norfolk | 2/6/2025 |
Christopher Richard Flanagan | 1st Barnstable | 2/6/2025 |
Rodney M. Elliott | 16th Middlesex | 2/6/2025 |
Danillo A. Sena | 37th Middlesex | 2/6/2025 |
Brian W. Murray | 10th Worcester | 2/6/2025 |
Erika Uyterhoeven | 27th Middlesex | 2/6/2025 |
Samantha Montaño | 15th Suffolk | 2/6/2025 |
Jacob R. Oliveira | Hampden, Hampshire and Worcester | 2/10/2025 |
Natalie M. Higgins | 4th Worcester | 2/10/2025 |
James K. Hawkins | 2nd Bristol | 2/12/2025 |
Homar Gómez | 2nd Hampshire | 2/13/2025 |
Mike Connolly | 26th Middlesex | 2/13/2025 |
James B. Eldridge | Middlesex and Worcester | 3/5/2025 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 3/11/2025 |
Marjorie C. Decker | 25th Middlesex | 3/18/2025 |
Susannah M. Whipps | 2nd Franklin | 3/24/2025 |
Mindy Domb | 3rd Hampshire | 4/1/2025 |
Margaret R. Scarsdale | 1st Middlesex | 4/1/2025 |
John Barrett, III | 1st Berkshire | 4/8/2025 |
Russell E. Holmes | 6th Suffolk | 5/12/2025 |
Lisa Field | 3rd Bristol | 9/3/2025 |
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2825 FILED ON: 1/16/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 577
By Representative Fluker-Reid of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 577) of Brandy Fluker-Reid and others relative to charter school tuition reimbursement. Education. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
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An Act honoring the Commonwealth’s commitment to public school districts.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 89 of chapter 71 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out subsection (gg) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-
(gg) Any district whose total charter school tuition amount is greater than its total charter school tuition amount for the previous year shall be reimbursed by the commonwealth in accordance with this paragraph and subject to appropriation; provided, however, that no funds for said reimbursements shall be deducted from funds distributed pursuant to chapter 70. The district's reimbursement shall be 100 per cent of the increase in the year in which the increase occurs, 80 per cent of the increase in the year following the increase, 60 per cent of the increase in the second year following the increase and 40 per cent of the increase in the third year following the increase.